Preface ix CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 CHAPTER 2 A Classical Monetary Model 17 CHAPTER 3 The Basic New Keynesian Model 52 CHAPTER 4 Monetary Policy Design in the Basic New Keynesian Model 98 CHAPTER 5 Monetary Policy Tradeoffs: Discretion versus Commitment 126 CHAPTER 6 A Model with Sticky Wages and Prices 163 CHAPTER 7 Unemployment in the New Keynesian Model 199 CHAPTER 8 Monetary Policy in the Open Economy 223 CHAPTER 9 Lessons, Extensions, and New Directions 261 Index 271